Body fat distribution and obesity in pre- and postmenopausal breast cancer

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1026-1031

  Sonnenschein, Elizabeth ^a,b   Toniolo, Paolo ^a   Terry, Mary Beth ^c   Bruning, Peter F ^d   Kato, Ikuko ^a   Koenig, Karen L ^a   Shore, Roy E ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c Department of Medicine   (United States)

^d NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Body fat distribution; Body weight; Breast neoplasms; Cohort studies; Epidemiology; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIPID STORAGE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; ONSET AGE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0033402626     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/28.6.1026     Document Type: Article

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